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ABN Annual Meeting 2022
ABN Annual Meeting: Harrogate

The ABN Annual Meeting 2022 was held on from Tuesday 17th May - Friday 20th May. Some recorded parts of the event will be made available to conference attendees in the weeks following the meeting.

Thank you to all our speakers, sponsors, poster presenters and delegates for making the event such a success!


Conference Wesbite


 

7:45am
ABN committee Meetings
 
9:00am
Opening and Welcome
 
9:15am

Plenary session 1:

 

Neuropsychiatry

 

  1. Tics and Tourette's: Eileen Joyce, London
  2. Functional cognitive disorder phenotypes in the differential diagnosis of dementia prodromes: Laura McWhirter, Edinburgh
  3. Positively diagnosing and managing FND: Biba Stanton, London
10:45am
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium: Zogenix - Deep Dive into Dravet Syndrome
 
11:15am

Parallel Session 1

  • Muscle, nerve & quality

Parallel Session 2

  • Neurodegeneration
12:30pm

Lunch Break, Exhibition

  • Symposium 1: Biogen - Personalised treatment approaches to MS DMT management: the world in 2022 and beyond
  • Symposium 2: Angelini Pharma - Management of drug resistant epilepsy – what’s next?
2:00pm

Gordon Holmes lecture

Susan Fox, Western General Hospital, Toronto

 

2:45pm

Parallel Session 3

  • Acute, vascular & trauma

Parallel Session 4

  • COVID-19
4:00pm
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium: Zogenix - Clinical Cases
 
4:30pm

 

Plenary session 2:

 

The Neurology of the special senses: The ear and vestibular system

  1. The neurology of the vestibular system - from inner ear to cortex: Barry Seemungal, London
  2. Auditory Cognition: Tim Griffiths, Newcastle
  3. Vestibular migraine or PPPD?: Louisa Murdin, London
6:00pm

 

Poster Session with Discussants 1

 

7:00pm
Drinks reception & posters
 
9:00am

Plenary session 3:

TBI

  1. Not waking up after TBI: David Menon, Cambridge
  2. Managing challenging behaviours in TBI: Mike Dilley, London
  3. Predicting outcome in TBI: Good clinical judgment or self-fulfilling nihilism?: Catherine McMahon, Liverpool
10:30am
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium: Roche - Treatment of individuals with Type 2 and Type 3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
 
11:00am

Poster Session with Discussants 2

 

12:00pm

ABN Medallist lecture

Hadi Manji

Citation: Tom Warner

 

12:45pm

Lunch Break, Exhibition

  • Symposium 1: Teva UK - Monoclonals for Migraine: Are they meeting expectations?
  • Symposium 2: Novartis - Does treating early improve patient outcomes in RRMS and SPMS?
2:15pm

ABN AGM

3:00pm

ABN Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee: Survey results and discussion

Chair: Richard Davenport

  • Arani Nitkunan, London
3:30pm

Late Breaking News

3:45pm
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium: Roche - Treatment of individuals with Type 2 and Type 3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
 
4:15pm

Plenary session 4:

Future therapeutics/future diagnostics and therapeutics

  1. On Trial: Breaking the Impasse in Neurodegeneration: Nigel Leigh, Brighton
  2. Neurological complications of checkpoint inhibitors: Aisling Carr, London
5:15pm

Regional Opportunities Forum

 

6:00pm

Close

 

6:30pm
Gala Dinner

Royal Hall

7am

Fun Run/Yoga

 
9am

Case Presentation Competition and Top Posters

10:15am

Practical Neurology Lecture

Chairs: Geraint Fuller and Phil Smith

Are we (just) our brains?

Raymond Tallis

11am
Coffee, Exhibition & Silent Symposium: Janssen - Presentation on clinical trial data of ponesimod
 
11:30am

Parallel Session 5

  • Neurological treatment

Parallel Session 6

  • Clinical neurology
12:45pm

Lunch Break, Exhibition

  • Symposium 1: Argenx - Myasthenia Gravis: Optimal treatment for today and what the future may hold
  • Symposium 2: AbbVie - Sharing minds: Pursuing equity for quality of care in neurology
2:15pm

Plenary Session 5: Updates for the general neurologist

 

  1. The use and abuse of genetic testing: Helen Grote, London
  2. Challenges in AIE: Sarosh Irani, Oxford
  3. Hereditary muscle disorders for the general neurologist: James Lilleker, Manchester
3:45pm

CPC

Discussant: Dr Rhys Davies

Diagnosis: Dr Taylor Watson-Fargie

 
4:30pm

Prize Presentations and Close

1:00pm
Arrive/Registration

 

 
1:30pm
Welcome

 

 
1:40pm
Pre-registrar
  • Movement Disorders: Too much or too little: Amit Batla
Registrar
  • Neurotoxicity of Immuno-oncology treatments: Jeremy Rees
2:20pm
Pre-registrar
  • Building a career in Neurology: Biba Stanton and Anna Nagy
Registrar
  • Acute neurological emergencies related to inherited metabolic disease in adults: Elaine Murphy
2:40pm
Pre-registrar
  • Developing your CV for a Neurology NTN: Laura Midgley
Registrar
  • Acute neurological emergencies related to inherited metabolic disease in adults (cont.): Elaine Murphy
3pm
Break
 
3:20pm

Pre Registrars and Registrars

  • Controversies and Challenges in CNS infections: Benedict Michael
 
4:00pm
  • In-patients with Parkinson's disease: tips, hints and crisis management: Alexander Thomson
4:40pm

Q&A

 

5pm

Close

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